Luke 10:17-22

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 10:17-24

Christ sent forth the seventy disciples as he was going up to Jerusalem to the feast of tabernacles, when he went up, not openly, but as it were in secret (John 7:10), having sent abroad so great a part of his ordinary retinue; and Dr. Lightfoot thinks it was before his return from that feast, and while he was yet at Jerusalem, or Bethany, which was hard by (for there he was, Luke 10:38), that they, or at least some of them, returned to him. Now here we are told, 1. What account they gave him... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 10:17-20

10:17-20 The Seventy returned with joy. "Lord," they said, "at your name the demons are subject to us." He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from Heaven. Look you--I have given you authority to walk upon snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the Enemy. Nothing will hurt you. But do not rejoice in this--that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." When the Seventy returned they were radiant with the triumphs which they had... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 10:21-24

10:21-24 At that time Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit. "I thank you, O Father, Lord of Heaven and earth," he said, "that you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and that you have revealed them to babes. Yes, O Father, for so it was your good pleasure in your sight. AH things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father; and no one knows who the Father is except the Son, and he to whom the Son wishes to reveal him." He turned to his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 10:17

And the seventy returned again ,.... The Syriac version adds, "whom he had sent": these disciples having received orders and instructions from Christ, went as he directed them; and when they had finished their embassy, they returned again to him, and gave him an account of their journey and success. The Vulgate Latin and Persic versions read here, "the seventy two", as they do in Luke 10:1 with joy ; with great joy, as read the Syriac and Persic versions; notwithstanding the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 10:18

And he said unto them ,.... In order to abate their surprise, and reduce their transport of mind: I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven ; meaning, that this was no news to him, nor any surprising event, that devils should be cast out of men, and be in a state of subjection; for as he existed as the eternal Son of God before his incarnation, he was present, and saw him and his angels fall from heaven, from their first estate, their habitation of bliss and glory, down to hell, upon... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 10:19

Behold, I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions ,.... Which may be literally understood, as in Mark 16:18 , or figuratively of the devil, and his principalities and powers, and all his emissaries, who, for their craft and cunning, and for their poisonous and hurtful nature and influence, may be compared to serpents and scorpions: and over all the power of the enemy ; of mankind in general, and of the seed of the woman, Christ and his people in particular, Christ has a power... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 10:20

Notwithstanding in this rejoice not ,.... That their power was enlarged, or that they had, the same as before: that the spirits , evil spirits, devils, are subject unto you; and come out of men at your command; rejoice not so much in this, or chiefly and principally; not but that it was matter of joy both with respect to the gift bestowed upon them, and the benefits men received by it, and the glory that was brought to Christ through it; but rather rejoice, because your names are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 10:21

In that hour Jesus rejoiced in Spirit ,.... In his human soul: his heart was filled with joy, not so much at the success of the seventy disciples, and the subjection of the devils to them, as in the view he had of the spread of the Gospel, and of the revelation and application of the truths of it to multitudes of mean and despicable persons, while it was rejected by the wise and learned; and particularly at the sovereign and distinguishing grace of God towards the elect, whose names are... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 10:22

All things are delivered to me of my Father ,.... In some ancient copies, and in the Syriac, Persic, and Ethiopic versions, before these words, are read, "and turning to his disciples he said, all things", &c.; and no man knoweth who the Son is ; what is his name, his nature, his perfections and glory; and how he is the Son of God, his only begotten Son: but the Father ; who begat him, and whose own, and proper Son he is: and who the Father is ; what are his perfections,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 10:17

The seventy returned again with joy - Bishop Pearce thinks they returned while our Lord was on his slow journey to Jerusalem, and that they had been absent only a few days. read more

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